Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Cisco's profits: 5 trends worth watching; Cisco cautious on Brazil case

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Cisco News Alert




Network World's Cisco News Alert, 10/31/07

Cisco's profits: 5 trends worth watching, 10/29/07: Wall Street has high hopes for Cisco's latest quarterly results, which are slated to be announced Nov. 7. But even if you aren't a shareholder, there are five key pieces of information that Cisco customers and partners should listen for during the earnings call. Here's the rundown.

Cisco cautious on Brazil case, 10/29/07: Cisco Monday appeared to further distance itself from a tax scandal in Brazil, saying it can't vouch for everything its channel partners do.

Cisco and OOPSLA hoopla: While Cisco has its share of excellent technical experts, it might not be the first company you’d think of headlining an event called the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications event (OOPSLA 2007 ).

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Cisco Subnet: Cisco to triple headcount in India to 10K by 2010, 10/30/07: John Chambers said Monday that Cisco plans to scale-up its headcount in India to 10,000 by 2010, reports the Rediff news. Cisco currently employs about 3,000 there. In December, the company selected India as the site for its Cisco Globalization Center East. (Also, check out Layer 8, where we find that: Cisco expects a lot out of India.)

Cisco vs. Bay/3Com/Cabletron/Juniper, 10/26/07: Cisco blew through a slew of rivals in routing and switching during the 1990s and early 2000s, though Juniper is hanging tough

Routing vs. switching, 10/26/07: Routing got the early lead on switching thanks to Cisco, then the two technologies melded and evolved.

Cisco Subnet giveaways: Last day to enter to win free Cisco training worth up to $3,995, courtesy of Global Knowledge. Plus enter to win a free copy of "Monitoring with Cisco Security MARS" by Gary Halleen and Greg Kellogg, published by Cisco Press.

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Senior Editor Jim Duffy covers Cisco for Network World.

Linda Leung edits Cisco Subnet.

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